Using cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 covering 163 countries, this paper tests several hypotheses that have received extensive attention in the popular media and academic research during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Our goal is to identify lessons for designing better public health...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced educational institutions in Bangladesh to adopt online technology for higher education in just a couple of months that, otherwise, would have taken years. This change creates a unique opportunity to examine student performance in online education. In this study,...

This paper analyzes jobless growth in Bangladesh by examining the relationship between employment growth and output growth from 2002-2017. The findings reveal a sharp decline in aggregate employment elasticity since 2010, indicating that employment is becoming less responsive to growth, i.e.,...

Using both panel and cross-sectional models for 28 industrialized countries observed from 2001–2009, we report a number of findings regarding the determinants of the volatility of returns on cross-border asset holdings (i.e., equity and debt). Greater portfolio concentration and an increase in...

Using both panel and cross-sectional models for 28 industrialized countries observed from 2001 to 2009, we report a number of findings regarding the determinants of the volatility of returns on cross-border asset holdings (i.e., equity and debt). Greater portfolio concentration and an increase...

The sending of remittances is a decentralised decision of migrant workers, nevertheless it has its macroeconomic implication in providing insurance against domestic output shocks in the recipient economies – a phenomenon known in literature as risk sharing. Using a large sample of 86...

In this paper, first, we measure the potential welfare gains from perfect risk sharing across Australian states and New Zealand regions under a possible unification. We show that New Zealand regions reap moderate gains from perfect risk sharing when they form a union with Australia, whereas for...

The sending of remittances is a decentralised decision of migrant workers, nevertheless it has its macroeconomic implication in providing insurance against domestic output shocks in the recipient economies – a phenomenon known in literature as risk sharing. Using a large sample of 86...

In this paper, we examine intra-regional patterns of return spillovers between economic sectors of GCC over the period from 2007 to 2021. First, we investigate the connectedness of sectoral equity returns and explore the different patterns and magnitudes. Second, we also find out possible...